nullfile
Name the null file
Description
Returns the name of the pseudo-file that ignores all data sent to it
and signals end-of-file to every read request.
Usage
nullfile()
Details
The null file is not a real file but has the interfaces of one.
All data written to the null file are silently ignored.
All requests to read from the null file return an end-of-file indicator
and no data data is returned from the read request.
Value
returns a character string specifying the name of the null file:
"nul" on Windows and "/dev/null" on Unix-like operating systems.
Examples
sink(nullfile())
1:10000
sink()
4:1